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A word on AI

AI resources are quickly becoming a daily part of our lives. A few things to think about when deciding to use AI for academic purposes.

Yes, it can be very easy to create things, but keep in mind:

AI can "hallucinate" made up information by mashing stuff together. For example, ChatGPT will create article citations, but they are not real things, just titles, journal titles, random page numbers and dates
Specific facts and numbers tend to be incorrect in this same way. Using AI to research facts does not (always) work.

You should consider that what it creates is realistic fiction (sounds real but might not be).

Using AI as a source of true information is problematic. It can create falsities, and it cannot be refered back to (i.e. your readers/professors can't go back to see what you used as a source.) Using the same exact prompt will yield different results every time.

It can work fantastically as a starting point, for example, creating an outline. It can also summarize large amounts of text fairly well (you are giving it a finite collection of data to summarize, so there isn't as much possiblity for incorrect mashups).

If you do use text generated by AI in your work, you must cite it as such.